Genuine Evaluation: 9 golden rules for commissioning a waste-of-money evaluation

Here in New Zealand we’re nearing the end of the central government financial year, with the usual utterly ridiculous frenzy of trying to jam just one more thing into this year’s budget before it gets sucked down a black hole never to be seen again. So, it seemed timely to come back to the notion of value for money – not of programs or policies, but of evaluations themselves.

There may well be some managers out there who have yet to experience the thrill of commissioning a total waste-of-money evaluation. Well, thankfully, your colleagues around the world have been working diligently on building a knowledge base just for you …